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Be it known that I, JAMES. R. TAYLOR, of the ycity, county,- and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful vimprovements inApparatus for Detaching Boats; and I do hereby declare the followingtobe a full, c'lear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, inwhich* Figure l represents a sectional elevation of the apparatus' asattached to .a boat.

Figure 2 represents a vertical section of the apparatus as it'wo'uldappear when disconnected from th boat; and

Figure 3 represents a top plan of the bow 'of a boat with the'detachingapparatus in place.4 The object and purpose of my invention areV tolaunch a -life or other boatin a heavy sea by means of an apparatusconnected to and operated from the boat, and with safetylto the crew. JAnd my invention consists in combining with the hinged hooks by whichthe boat is suspended a reinforce or secondary hook, which takes into amortise in the strapframe, and relieves the pivot ofthe hinge of themain hook from much of the strain upon it. And in connection'with the;trip, forallowing the main hook to open, my'invention consists in givingitsuch a' form that, after it has been swung partially away `from thehook, the latter will aid in throwing it out, and thus relieving itselfquickly and with certainty. l i i To enable those skilled in the art tomake and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the samevvithreference to the drawings;

At the bow of the boat, and to the stem-post A, or otherwise, I fasten ahead-piece, B, which has straps, c,

running down the stern-post and securely fastened-to it. To thishead-piece,B, is -pivotcd a hook, D, which,

when down, passesinto a seat, a, in a projection, E, which may be a partAof the head-piece In this position a cam or eccentric lever, F, isswung around against the hook,` and locks it 4in that position. .I .On'the hook D, beyond its pivoted point c, (as shown more distinctly iniig. 2,) there is a reinforce or secondary hook, e, which, as. the hookis ylet or shut down, takes into a mortise in the head, and holds undera solid portionof it, thus relieving the pivot of much of the weight oftl1,e boat,crcw, and stores; Indeed, the pivot might give way entirely,and yet the hook could'not yield or iy. The disconnecting lever or tripF is pivoted at'f, and its long end, "q, has a cord or chain, It,connected to it, by which it 'may be operated. The short end, '12,yofthe lever is roundedoiif eccentrically, -so that after it is-- startedfrom its locking position against the hook, the teudencycf the hook toy-or raise upwill aidA in throwing outA said locking lever, and thusfacilitate the operation ot" ldetaching thelboat `from the tackle bywhich it is let down. V A'duplica'te apparatus mlyibe arranged at thestern of the boat, so that a single person, by drawing upon the' cordsor chains connected with'each, may let the boat go bythebow and sternsimultaneously, or bythe stern iirst and then by the bow, as may be mostdesirablev in view of the state of' the `sea in which she is launched.Instead of the lever F working horizontally it ma vwork vertically, itbeing only necessary to cut a vertical mortise through the timbervG, onwhich it is pivotcd,

to effect this'modiiication of it. l i

What I claim as myjnvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-A In combination with a hook use-d in a boat-detaching apparatus, a.reinforce orsecondary hook e, which catche'snnder a solid portion of thehead, and thus relieves the 'pivotofthe hook, or makes a safetyconnection should the pivot of the hook give way, substantially'asdescribed. i y

.And I claim, in ,combination with the hook and its reinforce, `aneccentrically-formed tripping-lever, that is aided in being tripped orremoved by the pressure of the hook upon its curved edge, substantiallyas described.

' JAMES R. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

A. B. STcUeu'roN, EDM. F. BRowN.

